The Economics of Climate Change Mitigation [electronic resource]: Policies and Options for Global Action beyond 2012 /
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
Paris : OECD Publishing,
2009.
Against the background of a projected doubling of world greenhouse gas emissions by mid-century, this book explores feasible ways to abate them at least cost. Through quantitative analysis, it addresses key climate policy issues including: an ideal set of climate policy tools; the size of the economic and environmental costs of incomplete country or sector coverage of climate change mitigation policies;  how to concretely develop a global carbon market; the case for, and what can we reasonably expect from, R&D and technology support policies; and  the incentives for major emitting countries to join a climate change mitigation agreement.
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references.
References -- Annex 1 -- Annex 2 -- Building Political Support for Global Action -- Towards Global Carbon Pricing -- Regional Incentives for Global Action -- Technology and R&D Policies -- Greenhouse Gas Emissions and the Impact of Climate Change -- Mitigating Climate Change in the Context of Incomplete Carbon Pricing Coverage -- The Cost-Effectiveness of Climate Change Mitigation Policy Instruments -- Acronyms and Abbreviations -- Executive Summary.
Against the background of a projected doubling of world greenhouse gas emissions by mid-century, this book explores feasible ways to abate them at least cost. Through quantitative analysis, it addresses key climate policy issues including: an ideal set of climate policy tools; the size of the economic and environmental costs of incomplete country or sector coverage of climate change mitigation policies;  how to concretely develop a global carbon market; the case for, and what can we reasonably expect from, R&D and technology support policies; and  the incentives for major emitting countries to join a climate change mitigation agreement.
Climatic changes
Greenhouse gas mitigation
Climatic changes
Greenhouse gas mitigation
Environmental economics.
Environmental policy.